WHAT IS THE BEST WEBSITE MAKING SOFTWARE. I WANT TO CREATE, PUBLISH AND MAINTAIN THE SITE ON MY OWN. I CANNOT WRITE CODE AND FIND UNDERSTANDING FTP TOUGH. I AM ARTISTIC AND ARTICULATE AND A STICKLER TO MY OWN AD COPY, LOOK AND FEEL, SO I NEED SIMPLE EASY TO OPERATE WEB DESIGN FEATURES AND PUBLISHING FEATURES. WANT TO PUBLISH SITE IN HRS. AFTER OPTIANING URL. A WEBSITE OF WHICH I CAN MAKE CHANGES QUICKLY AND EASILY WITHOUT INVOLVING ANY OUTSIDE PROGRAMMERS. FEATURES I WANT TO INCORPORATE INTO MY SITES ARE:
THE ABILITY FOR VISITORS TO CREATE AND MAINTAIN THEIR OWN COOL MINI SITES WITHIN THE SITE AND BE POSTED IN A THUMB GALLERY. TO BE ABLE TO BLOG AND IMAIL/COMMUNICATE AMOUNG FELLOW VISITORS AND LINK TO THEIR MYSPACE PAGES, CELL PHONES AND EMAIL AND BE NOTIFIED WHEN BEING CONTACTED BY SOMEONE FROM THE SITE. THE MINI SITE WILL BE LIKE A MYSPACE PAGE BUT SOME FLASH ELEMENTS AND COOLER AND HAVE ABILITY FOR VISITORS TO UPLOAD PICS, AUDIO, VIDS.
SITE WILL HAVE MAIN FLASH PLAYER ON MAIN PAGE OF SITE FOR STREAMING VID.
MIX BETWEEN MYSPACE AND UTUBE
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Hello EFOUCHIA,
There are some good website making softwares. Since, your requirements are more, you cannot depend on one software. Adding blogs, user uploding pictures & Audios can be done only through some scripting languages. You should do lot more to develop such a website. Unless you gain more knowledge in these area, you cannot maintain the site by yourself.
Hi EFOUCHIA,
First, you shouldn't shout here. From your posting, you're presumably a competent web site designer, so you're aware that it is a very bad idea to put your text in all uppercase since it's actually difficult to read: exactly the same applies here. Push your Caps Lock key, and your posting will be answered much more quickly.
I'd suggest using one of the less complex applications, such as IBM's Homepage Builder, but as the last poster pointed out, ther are many alternatives. Here's a comparison of some of the commercial offerings: http://website-creation-so
The down side of all of this is that your requirements are for a rather sophisticated site. The functionality you require is pretty advanced, and does require substantial use of Javascript and the backend language (probably C# if you're planning to run on .Net, or Java for J2EE). You'll also need a database to store youre membership details, and you'l need some security to prevent any one from accessing personal details. You even mention Flash, which is another tool you'll have to master. All in all, this is not a site that can be maintained by someone who is not well-versed in the art of web development.
Microsoft Frontpage is a good start and its cost is not that much. Works great for me.
http://www.runaware.com/mi
If you're wanting Flash, you may be best off with the Macromedia development suite, since it includes Dreamweaver and Flash. You have a steep learning curve to learn the programming languages you need to create a site. I would echo bpmurray's comments that it is best to start simple and then add things in as your skills progress. I also recommend you avoid a WYSIWYG package like Frontpage. It's fast but is limited and the ease of use keeps you from seeing the code that's being created. My .02.
I'm with KenAdney: use the Adobe/Macromedia suite...
You're rather ambitious. You need to learn quite a bit about programming, databases, and website security before you even start thinking about a site like the one you've described. Then you're going to have to start thinking about bandwidth and redundancy; Experts Exchange uses something like eight different webservers and an Oracle database, plus the notifications server... so you'd better have a lot of oomph behind that credit card.
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www.adobe.com/products/dre
http://www.microsoft.com/F
Both use WYSIWYG editors so that you don't have to deal with HTML or CSS code, and offer automation tools that would handle user registration and other interaction requirements.
Both also offer free trials.
FWIW: Re: "MIX BETWEEN MYSPACE AND UTUBE"
Both of those sites required dozens of skilled web developers and programmers to achieve their functionality.
Some might even say they "pushed the envelope" of web design. There is simply no substitute for learning some aspects of web development. None of the suggestions so far will allow you to wave a magic wand and achieve the mix of functionality you desire.
Regards,
Rod
@keslan,
While Flash is certainly ubiquitous and is another alternative, not all people can use Flash in their browsers. They just released a player for some versions of Linux and of course people with vision problems will get little value from that. Still, most visitors will have the Flash plugin. But without some knowlege of HTML and JavaScript for detection purposes you do run the risk of this: http://www.rodsdot.com/ee/
There are also some security issues with the Flash plugin, for example: http://www.hardened-php.ne
I think all web development tools require the person using them to learn how to use the technology and some fundamentals about the underlying structure of a web site.
"...learn how to use the technology and some fundamentals about the underlying structure of a web site..."
Especially if that person plans on building a site to complete with two of the top nine websites. I figure that if the asker has only posted his question above, and hasn't responded, that he has gone on to other pursuits, like the junior prom...
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Hi rdivilbis,
The reason why i offer flash is the question, in his question EFOUCHIA said
"WHAT IS THE BEST WEBSITE MAKING SOFTWARE. I WANT TO CREATE, PUBLISH AND MAINTAIN THE SITE ON MY OWN. I CANNOT WRITE CODE AND FIND UNDERSTANDING FTP TOUGH. I AM ARTISTIC AND ARTICULATE AND A STICKLER TO MY OWN AD COPY, LOOK AND FEEL, SO I NEED SIMPLE EASY TO OPERATE WEB DESIGN FEATURES AND PUBLISHING FEATURES. WANT TO PUBLISH SITE IN HRS. AFTER OPTIANING URL. A WEBSITE OF WHICH I CAN MAKE CHANGES QUICKLY AND EASILY WITHOUT INVOLVING ANY OUTSIDE PROGRAMMERS. FEATURES I WANT TO INCORPORATE INTO MY SITES ARE:"
so first of all being a beginner he can start with flas easily make and upload a web site than he can do the things that you say i think.
Hi Efouchia,
Some alternatives...
More Motion Web Express:
http://www.download.com/Mo
Web Weaver:
http://www.download.com/We
Namo Web Editor:
http://www.download.com/Na
These are WYSIWYG editors, so are good for people who are:
A) beginners
B) want to develop something visually rather than through the use of code
C) want to develop something quickly
Hope these help!
There's no system for distributing the points and then deleting the question; they can do one or the other. If mrichmon decides to recommend a split, I'm not going to object -- but I don't think the system was designed as a mechanism to hand out points just because we took the time to respond. She asked for our opinions; I think this is a worthless question.
>>I don't think the system was designed as a mechanism to hand out points just because we took the time to respond.<<
I don't think so either. I think the system was designed as a Q&A mechanism. In that respect, this question has been answered and the points should be split. Was it a good question? I wouldn't say so, but it has little to do with the fact that it got answers.
Is it a good addition to the PAQ? I wouldn't say so either, but again my point is that the quality of the PAQ is not part of the equation in this scenario in which a question was asked and it got valid replies. IMO, if the quality of the PAQ is a priority when finalizing questions then we would have to delete 85% of all the new questions asked everyday.
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by: EFOUCHIAPosted on 2006-08-06 at 10:23:45ID: 17259418
DO I JUST WAIT? WHERE DO I SEE RESPONSES?